Erta Ale – Earth of Fire (New Lava Lake)
Watch our video to witness one of Erta Ale volcano's most spectacular and intense eruptive phases in decades. https://youtu.be/ExvXqYMCpP4
Ethiopian Genna – Christmas
Ethiopia still retains the ancient Julian calendar in which Genna falls on 7 January (of the Gregorian calendar.) People in towns and villages typically dress up in their finest...
The Feast of St. Gabriel in Kulubi
28th December (Tahsas 19 in the Ethiopian calendar) is one of the two big annual St. Gabriel festivals (the other one comes on 26th July), and is the culmination...
ህዝብ መንግስትን ይፈጥራል እንጂ መንግስት ህዝብን አይፈጥርም” – ሻምበል ለማ ጉያ (ሰዓሊ)
እኔ አሁን የ90 ዓመት አዛውንት ነኝ፡፡ የዚህችን ሀገር ብዙ ሂደቶችና ውጣ ውረዶች አይቻለሁ። ከዛሬ 40 እና 50 ዓመት በፊትም ሆነ ዛሬ፣ ከ80 በላይ ብሄሮች በዚህችው በኢትዮጵያ ስር ነው የምንኖረው፡፡...
ETHIOPIAኢትዮጵያ ቴሌቪዥን ባለንሥሩ ዓይን ጋዜጠኛ ጌጡ ተመስገንን ከሥራ አሰናበተ
በሁላችንም ኪስ ውስጥ የሚገኝ ሰው፣ ብርቧክስ የዓለም አጫዋች መንደር፣ ከሃያ ዓመታት ቀጠሮ በኋላ (በ9/9/99 ዓ.ም. 9 ሰዓት) የተቀጣጠሩ የጣና ሀይቅ ሁለተኛ ደረጃ ት/ቤት ተማሪዎች፣ የአርሆ መንገድ፣ ኾንሶ ኻኖ፣ የፀሐይ...
Ethiopia is an outlier in the Orthodox Christian world
Ethiopia has the largest Orthodox Christian population outside Europe, and, by many measures, Orthodox Ethiopians have much higher levels of religious commitment than do Orthodox Christians in the faith’s...
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The Passion & Tranquility of Ethiopian Amharic Song
The music of the Ethiopian highlands uses a unique pentatonic modal system called qenet, of which there are four main modes: tezeta, bati, ambassel, and anchihoy. Many...
Ruth B. on tour
Ruth B. established herself as an authentic singer/songwriter of considerable promise and purpose in 2016, and the music world responded with open arms. Most recently, she received a coveted...
Ethiopia: We won’t relocate our embassy to Jerusalem
We have no intention to relocate our embassy from Tel Aviv to the occupied Jerusalem, the Ethiopian Foreign Ministry announced yesterday.
Speaking at a press conference, the ministry’s spokesperson, Meles...
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